Young Americans for Freedom commemorate 9/11 with flags

  In honor of remembering 9/11, Young Americans for Freedom worked to set up thousands of flags just outside the school.   Sponsor of the club and science teacher, Michael Wood, shares some information about the flags that were put up and what planning went into it. “The flags represent the people who died in…

HR shortens lunch period

  Starting this year, HR cut down on the school’s lunch period, leaving all students, teachers, and kitchen staff thirty minutes to respectively finish their meals, prepare for their next class, and feed all those in the lunch line.   This change in the lunch schedule was carried out for many reasons. “The change was…

HR paints the parking lot

  Parking spaces are for sale next year for upcoming seniors. Senate is organizing a project to raise money while spreading school culture. Selling parking spots that students will be able to paint, will beautify the school.   A team of sophomore senators, including Jennah Klein, Tarek Salem, and Sarah Mitchell, pitched the idea to…

Nationals for the Cyberpatriots

  Blood, sweat, and tears went once more into nationals, not for basketball or golf, but for Cyberpatriots. From April 15 to 19, three of HR’s Cyberpatriots teams went to nationals, in Baltimore, Maryland, to compete against 11 other open division teams.   Cyberpatriots are not “hackers”, more like the clean up crew of the…

Leading the way for the future

  Student leaders make contributions to the climate and culture of their schools and communities, and it’s important to many to celebrate that!   National Student Leadership Week (NSLW) is a nationwide, annual theme-based week devoted to recognizing and supporting the roles of student leaders. NSLW is a week celebrated at HR brought to you…

A week of testing

  Starting the week of March 9, 9th-11th graders will be taking different state mandated tests at HR to either help them get into to college or better show the progress of the school.   “We have the state mandated SAT test on Tuesday (March 10), then the following day we have PSAT for the…